St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-04
AN ALL-NIGHT SESSION
Both Houses of Congress Keep Grinding
Away Until the Early Morn
ing Hours.
Most of the Time Put in Considering
Appropriation Bills and Kindred
Measures.
Despite Randall's Plea, Mrs. John
~. Logan VIII Get No
Pension.
The Acts Approved BY the Presiden1
.-Talk About Manning's
Successor.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-A message
from the house announcing non-concur-
renee in the senate amendments to the naval
appropriation bill was presented and a con-
ference was ordered. Messrs. Hale ALI
son and Beck were appointed conferees
The senate at 1870 proceededOt the
consideration of the legislative. executive
and judicial appropriation bill, voting
on the amendments recommended by
the committee on appropriations as
they wished. At $50 the bill (Which
mad been cOnstructiVely, in committee OF
the whole was reported to the senate and
passed. Mr. Allison then submitted the
conference report on the sundry civil bill
and Mr.. Hoar took advantage of
the OCCASION to attack Speaker
Carlisle. His criticism was promptly
resented by other members. and then the
conference report was agreed to. The
vetoed bill for a building at Sioux City Ia,
was passed over the veto. So to IS. Tie
vetoed bill for public building at Lafa-
yette, Ind, and also the vetoed bill for Il
building at Lynn, Mass. were passed over
the veto by the same vote. Senator Hale
reported from the committee OH appropri-
atoms the general deficiency bill. This is
the last of the regular appropriation bills
remaining to be acted upon by the senate.
When the senate reassembled after re-
cess the conference report on the poSt0t1ice
appropriation bill Ia disagreement was
taken up. The only
POINT OF DISAGREEMENT
is as to the South American mail service
MI. Harris moved that the senate recede
Rejected. The senate insisted upon its
amendment and the same conferees-
Plumb. Malone and Becl-were appointed
MIR. Allison, from the committee on appro-
prlatiOnS. reported back the house bill aD.
propropriatng Sc, 900, 900 for the payment
of pensioners of the Mexican war. Passed
The house bill to amend sections 5191 and
5l92, revised statutes. was taken from the
calendar. 1t provides that whenever three
fourths of the national banks of a city of
! 500, 900 population shall apply to the
comptroller of the currency to have the
name of that city added to the list of re-
serve cities named in sections 5191 and 5192
OF the revised statutes, the comptroller
shall lave authority to grant such requests,
but the banks must keep in their
vaults at least % per cent. of their deposits.
In like manner and like condition cities
with 200, 600 population may become like
New York places for banks of redemption
Or central reserve Cities" as provided in
section 5195. Mr.. Williams moved to add
San Francisco to the latter class of cities.
Agreed to. The bill was then passed and
conference was asked. Mr.. Plumb pre-
scented the conference report on the bill to
adjust railroad land grants heretofore un-
adjusted. Agreed to. The house bill to
admit free Of duty articles for exhibition at
the Minneapolis Industrial exposition was
passed. A message from the house at 10
p. IN. announced the passage of the urgent
deficiency bill, and the presiding officer laid
the bill before the senate. Mr.. Edmunds
objected to the second reading of the bill.
The objection, if insisted on. prevents the
consideration of the bill at the present ses-
sion. At 1880 p. m. the senate proceeded
to the consideration of the deficiency bill,
con ssting of 104 printed pages.